: Krister Evertson is the kind of person all good conservationists should honor. He spent his life’s work in pursuit of an economical, clean-energy fuel cell that could generate power without polluting the air. However, that endeavor lead to two prosecutions and 13 months in federal prison.

: To help fund his research, Krister sold excess sodium on eBay from his Alaska home. Because of the explosive nature of sodium, federal regulations require that it be shipped by ground rather than air. Krister packaged the sodium appropriately and shipped it “ground delivery” to the buyer. He was unaware that, given Alaska’s unique location, even “ground delivery” from Alaska travels by air and that a special label was required to keep the shipment from flying to its destination.

: On May 27, 2004, federal agents in two black SUVs, waving assault rifles, forced Krister’s car off the road. Manhandling him as if he were a terrorist, they arrested, interrogated, and jailed him. For what? Putting the wrong shipping label—with the correct instructions, mind you—on a box of raw sodium that he sold on eBay.

: A jury saw that it was an honest mistake and found Krister “not guilty.” But while Krister was on trial, sodium from his experiments sat in steel drums at an industrial warehouse. The Environmental Protection Agency learned of the additional sodium, determined that Krister had “abandoned” it, and charged him with a federal crime.

: Although Krister’s expert witness testified that the sodium was stored properly, a jury found Krister guilty. He served 13 months in federal prison and eight more in a halfway house.

More and more the United States is becoming the most eggregious human rights offender in the world. More and more, I am deeply ashamed of this country I grew up in, which is supposed to be "Land of the free home of the brave."

Video: Exotic Free Energy in Encoded Prophecy

We're having yet another amazing day at the Global BEM conference. I've been taking photos and some videos that I'll probably get up after I get back home.

Boulder had one of its famous wind storms last night, with gusts up to 75 mph and sustained wind. Jeroen and Maddy and several others, including the tent people, were up from 1:30 to 4 am working to keep the tents from blowing away or collapsing.

According to Lisa Clapier, who I met this morning, who is working with David Icke's new People's Voice broadcast initiative launching next month, the stream from this conference is going to 250,000 people. This is largely through the various contacts she has made from the Occupy Wallstreet movement. I just spoke with her, and she said there are around 250 channels rebroadcasting the program right now.

Daniel and Erica Nunez' presentation about their toroid coil technology was amazing! They gave the presentation together, taking turns talking about their stuff. The Q&A session afterward was even better, with the scope of questions and input from the audience. It was open sourcing at its best -- live, in person.

David Puchta looking for some cash to get to GlobalBEM to give demo

David Puchta would like to drive from the LA area to Boulder to give a demo presentation for the interview room here to be included with the conference proceedings videos that will be published. The conference presenter slots are all full, so that was not an option, but Jeroen did offer the interview room option.

Thing is, David will need help with gas money to get here. It will be around $600 for the round trip. If you can help out, that would be greatly appreciated. You can send him donations through his PayPal account via [mailto:Davidpuchta@gmail.com?subject=Puchta-to-Boulder%20initiative%20at%20PESWiki.com Davidpuchta@gmail.com]

: Uranium fuel from 20,000 disarmed Russian warheads is generating about half of US nuclear power in a spinoff from a landmark disarmament accord, a top US official said Wednesday.

: But the deal under which 500 tonnes of Russian weapons-grade uranium has been used to light and heat American homes will end next month because Russia believes its former Cold War rival has been getting energy on the cheap.

: Rose Gottemoeller, US under secretary of state for arms control, told a UN committee the 1993 accord was a disarmament success.

: Arms control experts call it the "megatons-to-megawatts" deal and hail the accord as a little known but important example of the United States and Russia pressing disarmament.

: Signed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the deal was concluded as the two countries sought ways to get rid of warheads under their 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

: The weapons level uranium is downgraded in Russia and the low enriched product "is delivered to the United States, fabricated into nuclear fuel and used by nearly all US nuclear power plants to generate half of the nuclear energy in the United States," Gottemoeller said.

: Over the past 15 years, the Russian uranium fuel has accounted for about 10% of all electricity produced in United States, she added.

: The 500 tonnes of uranium traded is the equivalent of about 10 billion barrels of oil, according to experts. A smaller amount of uranium from disarmed American weapons is also used to generate power.

Afternoon, Day 1, Global BEM Booths

I just took a quick pass through the booths at Global BEM, along with Rolland Gregg. A lot of eye candy and apparently working demos of overunity exotic free energy technologies.

Here are a few highlights:

Russ Gries has about 6-12 different gizmos on about 3-4 tables, including a papp engine demo (shows movement/thrust), 3-D printer he made, large toroid coil, Nunez types of coils.

Rolland Gregg and Daniel Nunez have a toroid coil on demonstration with an input of about 6 Watts powering an output of 14 Watts consisting of a load bank of LED bulbs. They are measured by multimeters with the amp member in series with the current, not a clamp-on amp meter.

The Searl Group (I'm attending their lecture now, as I write this) has a lifter device on demonstration.

Edgar Mitchel and his associate from the U.K. (who does the electronics) have an electrolysis system they hope to have operational by the end of the project. They're running into some glitches of some supplies showing up at the last minute.

There are also some water technologies (for health) on demonstration, along with the usual assortment of books, magazines, organizations.

Our New Energy Systems Trust (NEST) group has a booth with literature.

Russell Anderson from the Searl Group is making a great case for anti-gravity technology development. They are making great strides.

Joel Garbon's presentation about the need to establish some good "validation protocol" documents for the various genres of exotic free energy technology was excellent, and received an enthusiastic response from the audience during his Q&A.

Mike Water's presentation was hillarious and brilliant. He hasn't spoken publicly for some 20-25 years, but I'm sure that will change. He was a hit. He could easily be TED talks prime material. It's an honor to say that he is an active participant in our weekly NEST conference calls.

I went way out on a limb in my presentation and was grateful for an audience that was gentle and supportive. I am happy with how it went. Even thought the projector stopped working for about 10 minutes, I was grateful for the opportunity to have to speak off the cuff. It brought a good dynamic, I thought.

I'm torn because between the two presentations rooms (tents) each hour of the 3 days, there is always something I want to be attending but I also want to be interviewing people, especially over at the booths.

Wish you were here.

Even though they are "sold out" for the number of seats available, there are usually at least 100 seats vacant due to people visiting booths, chatting, etc. So if you want to show up, there is a good chance you can still get in. I stood in line this morning with a couple of friends from Boulder who filmed my lecture. They were able to purchase tickets to get in, no problem.

I'll see if I can get some of the photos I shot up soon.

-- SilverThunder 22:30, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Morning, Day 1, Global BEM Conference

When the event was scheduled for the University of Colorado, the CU website logged 120 tickets sold. But when the venue was changed last week to Days Inn, in tents, 110 of those participants purchased tickets for the new venue. Only 10 dropped out. And 200 new people signed up, bringing the total to a sell-out size of 300 people. "The energy was not right with the CU venue", is the thought.

It's an amazing crowd here. A lot of familiar faces, great enthusiasm. Weather is cool but not chilly.

I'm up in half an hour, so I better start getting ready for that.

-- SilverThunder 19:52, 10 October 2013 (UTC) [connection was temporarily down when I composed this at ~10:30 am Mountain]

Scientific American Touts

Ambient Energy Could Replace Batteries - Stray heat, electromagnetic fields or even mechanical sources can provide power for portable electronics and other devices (Scientific American October 9, 2013)

It seems that the new term gaining vogue for what we call "free energy" among mainstream circles, but which refers to the same concept is "energy harvesting".

It's another way of saying what Tesla described as "harvesting the wheelwork of nature."

Here's an excerpt:

: Disposable and rechargeable batteries that power tens of millions of portable electronics could become obsolete over the coming decades as new technologies come to market that can convert ambient energy into usable electric power, new research shows.

: The concept, known as "energy harvesting" (EH), is becoming more viable as technology firms bring products to market that can transform electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical energy sources into power that can be stored and used.

: "In the near future, EH technology will power an increasing number of consumer and industrial products that are untethered or need to become disconnected from electrical outlets," researchers with Navigant Energy said in a recent published report on the technology. Moreover, EH systems "offer an inexpensive and compact way to power portable electrical devices that in many cases rely heavily on batteries."

: According to Navigant, sales of such devices should roughly double over the next seven years, from less than 10 million units sold this year to an estimated 18.7 million units by 2020. Revenues generated by the development and deployment of energy harvesting devices should grow from $268 million in 2013 to $375 million by 2020, the report states.

: Products and applications that are already seeing adoption of EH technologies include mobile phones, portable computers and motor vehicle electric systems. Those markets are expected to grow over the coming years, according to researchers. But EH technology can also be scaled to support much larger systems such as building lighting, medical devices and equipment, and even satellites....

: Energy resources that allow for EH applications include electromagnetic radiation, solar and thermal energy, and mechanical energy, according to Navigant. The ambient energy stored in such resources undergoes a "transduction" process using photovoltaic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric or electrodynamic processes, allowing the energy to be turned into moving electrons and consumed.

They will be adding a bunch more to that list when exotic free energy modalities arrive on the scene, hopefully not too long from now.

-- SilverThunder 01:04, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

World Initiative -- Call for 17-19 Y.O. Students

I've not spend much time looking into it, but at first glance it seems like something that some of the young members of our audience might find interesting. It would be good to have representation from our sphere in their initiative.

Here is the text from their landing page from that ad:

: This is a call for pioneering, iron-willed young adults ages 17–19 to come together in an extraordinary initiative that aims to avert the looming global ecological and resource-related disaster.

: Our existing pro-environment endeavors do little more than rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic. World Initiative intends to go the distance.

: This initiative has two phases. The first is a yearlong intensive program for young people training them to become global leaders expressly primed to tackle the planetary issues that plague our world. Augmenting this program are eminent professors and experts from around the world. Among other things, the young adults will undergo rigorous study of all pertinent aspects of the crisis. They will be coached in effective campaign strategies. They will undergo intensive permaculture course. They will go on an expedition to the Amazon basin and Andes, immersing themselves in diverse cultures. They will be trained by ex Special Forces instructors to build up inner strength and fortitude. They will become Trailblazers.

: During the second phase, the young adults will break up to task teams and develop an array of technological, logistical, economic, and political mitigation measures. Concurrently, they will reach out and enlist numerous NGOs, experts, and the public at large to flesh out those measures and have those task teams morph into becoming the seeds of a worldwide change.

: Do you have what it takes to become a trailblazer?

# You undergo an intensive, 12-month-long training program, studying a vast array of topics related to conservation and sustainability.

# Next, you become a member of a task team and formulate—at unprecedented clarity and detail—an array of mitigation measures on a planetary scale, enlisting many people along the way.

Conventional Fusion Finally Claims Overunity

: Harnessing fusion - the process that powers the Sun - could provide an unlimited and cheap source of energy.

: But to be viable, fusion power plants would have to produce more energy than they consume, which has proven elusive.

: Now, a breakthrough by scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) could boost hopes of scaling up fusion.

: NIF, based at Livermore in California, uses 192 beams from the world's most powerful laser to heat and compress a small pellet of hydrogen fuel to the point where nuclear fusion reactions take place.

: The BBC understands that during an experiment in late September, the amount of energy released through the fusion reaction exceeded the amount of energy being absorbed by the fuel - the first time this had been achieved at any fusion facility in the world.

: This is a step short of the lab's stated goal of "ignition", where nuclear fusion generates as much energy as the lasers supply. This is because known "inefficiencies" in different parts of the system mean not all the energy supplied through the laser is delivered to the fuel.

: But the latest achievement has been described as the single most meaningful step for fusion in recent years, and demonstrates NIF is well on its way towards the coveted target of ignition and self-sustaining fusion.

: For half a century, researchers have strived for controlled nuclear fusion and been disappointed. It was hoped that NIF would provide the breakthrough fusion research needed.

: In 2009, NIF officials announced an aim to demonstrate nuclear fusion producing net energy by 30 September 2012. But unexpected technical problems ensured the deadline came and went the fusion output was less than had originally been predicted by mathematical models.

: Soon after, the $3.5bn facility shifted focus, cutting the amount of time spent on fusion versus nuclear weapons research - which was part of the lab's original mission.

What they don't tell you is that researchers in Directory:Cold Fusion (aka "cold fusion") have been achieving overunity for years. As far as they are concerned, these researchers and companies do not exist.

Confirmed: Fracking Causes Earthquakes

: It was considered a bit of a stretch some years ago when many people started pointing out that the Oil and Gas industry could cause earthquakes. I pointed out that some of the biggest quakes in Alabama were Oil and Gas related. More recently I fingered the 5.7 Earthquake in Oklahoma as being completely related to Oil and Gas industry work. http://pesn.com/2011/11/06/9601949_5.6_Fracking_Earthquake_Hits_Oklahoma/ The Oklahoma Geology folks were quick to say it had no relationship even though it definitely occurred in the infusion zones of the injection well within 200m of the center of the earthquake. Well.... Confirmed here!

: Have fun people but here is the equivalent in damage to the people of Oklahoma of the detonation of about a 100Kton bomb in their State and the Oil and Gas people have the finger pointed directly at them. Let the lawsuits begin! The Oil and Gas industry isn't immune to this one!

: The industry using Fracking is now using more fresh water than agriculture in North America. The industry is breaking up the continental rock structure in many locations. This is afterall what "Fracking" (Fracturing) is.

: Paul Noel

-- SilverThunder 17:30, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

SmartScarecrow has FOUR PhDs

NOT - Gary clarified at the opening of his Oct. 17 broadcast that he was jesting when he said this, and didn't think people would take him seriously. -- SilverThunder